The Beirut Souks are a low-rise shopping district in the Beirut Central District, rebuilt after the civil war. Solidere managed the reconstruction. The article lists five commissions. Jad Tabet drew the master plan, and Adam Drisin and Evelyn McFarlane won the competition. Rafael Moneo was hired afterward for the southern souk with Samir Khairallah. Kevin Dash designed the Gold Souk with Rafic Khoury. The article names no style.
Reconstruction began in 1990 and the souks opened to the public on October 2, 2009. They keep the Hellenistic-Roman street grid and old souk names, and restored finds include a Phoenician commercial quarter, a medieval moat and a Mamluk madrassa.
Floor space is about 163,000 square meters. The souks hold over 200 retail outlets, around 25 restaurants and cafés, and a 14-screen cinema. The article gives no hours.
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